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England On This Day

1910
Tom Gardner born in Huyton

1914
Harry Clifton (reserve) born in Newburn







1949
Bernard Wilkinson dies in Sheffield age 71
1851 Pelham von Donop baptised in Portsea
1910
FA Tour of South Africa West.Province 0 England 13
1913
Harold Halse signs for Chelsea FC

1916
Tommy Smart discharged from the army
1918
Hugh Moffat discharged from the army
1923
Jimmy Seed marries Annie Teasdale in Consett
 Ernie Williamson's son, Kenneth, is born
1933
Hugh Adcock's son, Hugh, is born
1936
Billy Furness' son, John, is born
1938
Eric Stephenson marries Olive Cook in Leeds
1952 England win in Switzerland for first time since 1933
Alf Young resigns as Huddersfield Town AFC manager
End-of-Season European Tour match
272 Wednesday, 28 May 1952 -
Switzerland
0 England 3 [0-1]
Hardturm Stadion, Zürich (32,000)
Sewell, Lofthouse (2) AW

  1958 England name their squad to go to World Cup Finals
1959 Billy Wright's final appearance for England

End-of-Season European match  
334 Thursday, 28 May 1959 -
United States 1 England 8
[1-1]
Wrigley Field, Los Angeles
(13,000-15,000)
Murphy
Bradley, Flowers (2), Charlton (3 (1 pen)), Kevan, Haynes
AW

  1964 amateur England 3 France 4 in Genoa
1969
under 23 Portugal 1 England 1 in Madeira
        FA Tour of Polynesia Canterbury 2 England 6

1971 youth USSR 1 England 1 in Prague
1976 England come back from 2-0 down to win the match
USA Bicentennial Cup Team America 0 Brazil 2

United States Bicentennial Cup match
502 Friday, 28 May 1976 - England 3 Italy 2 [0-2]
Yankee Stadium, New York City (40,650)
Channon (2), Thompson
Graziani (2)
NW

   
1977 England win in Belfast for first time since 1973

British Championship
509 Saturday, 28 May 1977 -
Northern Ireland 1 England 2 [1-1]
Windsor Park, Belfast (35,000)
McGrath
Channon, Tueart
AW

  1979 youth England 2 West Germany 0 in Salzburg
1983 England draw in Northern Ireland for first time since 1975

British Championship
577 Saturday, 28 May 1983 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 0 [0-0]
Windsor Park, Belfast (22,000 to <30,000)
  AD

  1986 unofficial Monterrey 1 England 4
1988 England win in Switzerland for first time since 1975
under 21 Switzerland 1 England 1 in Lausanne

Friendly match
635 Saturday, 28 May 1988 - Switzerland 0 England 1 [0-0]
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (10,000)
Lineker AW

1990 Kyle Walker born in Sheffield


1994
John Stones born in Barnsley


2000 Phil Foden born in Stockport

1992
under 21 France 0 England 0 in Aubagne
1993 under 21 Poland 1 England 4 at Jastrzębie-Zdrój

1996
under 21 Angola 2 England 0 in Cuers
1999
England announce squad for Sweden & Bulgaria

2001
Greece announce a revised squad against England
2004
The Wembley Arch is raised into position
2005 Seven BME Players start creating a new record
National Game XI England 3 Scotland 2 at Midleton

Tour of United States match

827 Saturday, 28 May 2005 -
United States 1 England 2 [0-2]
Soldier Field, Chicago (42,637/47,637)
Dempsey
Richardson (2)
AW

   
2008 Third victory in a row over the Americans
 under 19 England 1 Serbia 0 in Barysaw
Alan Thompson announces his retirement

Friendly match  
863 Wednesday, 28 May 2008 -
England 2
United States 0 [1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley (71,233)
Terry, Gerrard HW

  2010 under 19 England 4 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0 in Kiev
 
France awarded the 2016 Euro Finals
2012 Italy squad finalised for the Euro Finals
2013 Ashley Cole to captain England against Ireland
2014 under 20 England 1 Korea 1 in Aubagne
        C Hungary U19 4 England 2 at Ăšjpest
2015 under 20 England 3 Morocco 3 in Toulon
 Carlton Cole released again by West Ham United FC
2017 C England 2 Panjab 1 in Solihull
2023 under 20 Iraq 0 England 0 in La Plata

Opposition On This Day
1882 Don McLeod (Scotland) born
1905 László Sternberg (Hungary) &
Jean-Pierre Weisgerber (Luxembourg) born
1907 Wynne Compton (Wales) born
1915 official John Kelly (Chorley) born
1920 goalkeeper Ljubomir Lovrić (Yugoslavia) born
1922 Agustín Gaínza (Spain) born
1925 George Aitken (Scotland) born
1938 Billy Ferguson (Northern Ireland) born
1946 goalkeeper Eduard Treijtel (Netherlands) born
1973 Paolo Amodio (Luxembourg) born
1984 Yulián Anchico (Colombia) born
1989 Alexandru Pascenco (Moldova) born













2003
Yugoslavia now Serbia & Montenegro

 

England's Record on 28th May
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Away 6 5 1 0 16 3 +13 1 3 2.667 0.50 91.7 +5
Neutral 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 0 0 3.00 2.00 100.0 +1
Total 8 7 1 0 21 5 +16 1 4 2.625 0.625 93.8 +7
 

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